Outcome | Barcelona | Bilbao | Brussels | Granada | Ljubljana | Rome | Seville | Stockholm | Valencia | Vienna | 10 cities | |
Asthma | ||||||||||||
Total population aged 0-17 | 261 241 (2008)## | 49 327 (2006) | 227 402 (2007) | 44 734 (2007)## | 52 255 (2002) | 439 543 (2009) | 140 373 (2007)## | 264 960 (2007) | 117 040 (2001) | 291 213 (2007) | 1 890 000 | |
Fraction with asthma (asthma ever) % # | 11.8 | 21.3 | 7.3 | 12.6 | 29.2 | 12.6 | 13.0 | 9.3 | 11.0 | 5.8 | 12.8 | |
Fraction with symptoms of asthma among those with current wheeze % # | 29.0 | 37.0 | 39.2 | 37.1 | 34.2 | 32.9 | 37.1 | 35.6 | 36.5 | 33.1 | 38.0 | |
Total number of hospitalisations for asthma¶ | 98 (2008) | 230 (2006) | 356 (2006) | 39 (2008) | 100 (2007) | 482 (2008) | 28 (2008) | 219## | 40 (2002) | 149 (2007) | 1702 | |
CHD | ||||||||||||
Total population, aged ≥65 years | 249 945 (2008) | 76 113 (2006) | 152 412 (2007) | 42 045 (2007) | 41 314 (2002) | 597 887 (2009) | 111 570 (2007) | 183 329 (2007) | 129 190 (2001) | 269 936 (2007) | 1 850 000 | |
Fraction with CHD %+ | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.1 | |
Fraction with CHD with non-fatal MI %+ | 2.3 (2006) | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.7 (2007) | 2.5 | |
Number of hospitalisations for MI§ | 1370 (2008) | 416 (2006) | 806 (2006) | 206 (2008) | 469 (2007) | 4705 (2008) | 651 (2008) | 3590¶¶ | 908¶¶ | 2860 (2007) | 15 981 | |
Total number of hospitalisations for strokeƒ | 1960 (2008) | 578 (2006) | 1523 (2006) | 266 (2008) | 231 (2007) | 3374 (2008) | 668 (2008) | 2513¶¶ | 1084¶¶ | 2866 (2007) | 15 062 |
Data are presented as n or % (study year). CHD: coronary heart disease; MI: myocardial infarction; ICD: international classification of diseases. #: extrapolated from prevalence given in [33], the prevalence of symptoms of severe asthma in this study is defined as ≥4 attacks of wheeze or ≥1 night per week sleep disturbance from wheeze or wheeze affecting speech in the past 12 months; ¶: ICD-10: J45-J46; +: if no year indicated, extrapolated from prevalence given in CRF study [11]; §: ICD10: I20-I21; ƒ: ICD10: I60-I61;I63-I64; ##: 0–19 years; ¶¶: no data for the ICD code was available, extrapolated using ratios seen in other cities.